Only two U.S. hospitals will let you use nitrous oxide for pain relief during birth

Yeah my wife did the last two without drugs, and interestingly used the same position. We had to fight for it, they can’t get the monitor belt to give a good continuous reading in that position, and it’s ALL about a good continuous reading from the monitor belt.

She doesn’t advocate drug free though, she’d have had an epidural on both deliveries, they just went too quick.